Two planes evacuating 340 American cruise ship passengers from #coronavirus quarantine on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have now landed back in the U.S. after 14 evacuees were placed in isolation chambers when officials realized they had tested positive for the deadly virus. The first 747 plane touched down at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California just before 11.30pm on Sunday local time, before the second plane arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas a few hours later. Fourteen U.S. evacuees had to be placed in special isolation chambers for the duration of the flights after it emerged they had been infected with coronvirus in the lead up to the evacuation. The passengers had all been deemed 'fit to fly' and were not showing symptoms before disembarking from the cruise ship. As the evacuees were being taken to the airport in Tokyo, results from tests carried out two to three days earlier came back and showed the 14 passengers had the infection.

The swollen river in Mississippi's capital city is anticipated to crest Monday at the highest level it's been in decades as the state's governor warned the danger hasn't subsided, with more rain in the forecast. Gov. Tate Reeves said at a news conference Sunday that it will be days before area residents and first responders are "out of the woods" and the water starts to recede. "This is a precarious situation that can turn at any moment," he told reporters. In one Jackson neighborhood, residents paddled canoes, kayaks, and small fishing boats to check on their houses. Floodwaters could be seen lapping at mailboxes, street signs, and cars that had been left in driveways. One to two feet of water was also seeping into homes on Monday morning. Over the weekend, business owners in downtown Jackson said they had not seen the water rise so high in decades.